SAMBA SCHOOLS, “BLOCOS”, AND THE REBIRTH OF CARNAVALIZATION

After considering, not without a critical approach, the thought of Russian historian Bakhtin, who has contributed decisively for the study of the popular parties, and having as final objective to explain the reason for the fast growth on the number of “blocos” that present themselves in the carnival...

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Autor: Leopoldi, José Sávio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
Repositorio:Textos escolhidos de cultura e arte populares (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br:article/11996
Acceso en línea:https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/tecap/article/view/11996
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:SAMBA SCHOOLS
CARNIVAL
BAKHTIN
“BLOCOS”.
ESCOLA DE SAMBA
CARNAVAL
BLOCOS CARNAVALESCOS.
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Sumario:After considering, not without a critical approach, the thought of Russian historian Bakhtin, who has contributed decisively for the study of the popular parties, and having as final objective to explain the reason for the fast growth on the number of “blocos” that present themselves in the carnival of Rio de Janeiro, the text discusses the development of the samba schools in the most recent decades. It then highlights the increasing formalization of the samba schools parade, something which has drawn them away from the original carnival spirit in accordance to the bakhtinian parties. Trying to recover such spirit, a great part of the Carioca population has joined the “blocos”, a movement that unquestionably points towards the “rebirth of carnivalization”.